2012 Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 457 — FRATERNAL ASSOCIATIONS
Act 291 of 1913 — LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE (457.411 - 457.414)
Section 457.412 — Incorporators; articles of association, execution, contents.

Sec. 2.

Any 10 or more persons, residents of this state, being members in good standing of a subordinate lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose, having competent authority from the supreme lodge of the world, Loyal Order of Moose, desirous to become incorporated, may make and execute articles of association, under their hands and seals, which articles of association shall be acknowledged before some officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, and shall set forth:

First, The names of the persons associating in the first instance, and their place of residence;

Second, The corporate name by which such association shall be known in the law, and the place of its business office;

Third, The objects and purposes of such association, which shall be to assist in binding civilized mankind closer together with bonds of fraternal love, to teach and educate its members and their families a higher and nobler citizenship, and to promote friendship, and social intercourse, and to accumulate a fund for that purpose; and the period for which it is incorporated, not exceeding 30 years.

History: 1913, Act 291, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913 ;-- CL 1915, 10630 ;-- CL 1929, 10691 ;-- CL 1948, 457.412